I have decided to carry out an 18 year carbon experiment andto take my son, Ziga, Planet Positive.

Below you will see my first pass at a table for collecting data but I need some help in calculating his footprint and living Planet Positive.

I have already started collecting the data on a weekly basis but need some help in finding out some footprint data as well as getting some tips about where to buy low carbon products.

Key questions that I have

1.       Should I include a partial footprint of his mother to cover his food from the breast?

2.       What about the embodied footprint? I have noted some of the key items that he is using. Does anyone have any data on these?

3.       At what age does he become responsible for his footprint?

4.       Should I include a share of the carbon costs of hospital, health visitors, and doctor’s surgery visits?

5.       What about his share of the embodied carbon of the car and other things that he shares?

6.       What metrics should I be using for him and does anyone have any target data base information. I could use UK data but of course this does not take into account embodied information.

Living/Operational

Food                     Milk, Water
Misc                     Nappies, Cotton Wool
                             Hot water for cleaning/steaming
House                   Share of heating, Share of power, Car trips for him

Embodied

Clothes                 Baby grows, vests, shoes, hats, coat

Equipment            Prams, cot

Misc                     Blankets

Thoughts and links to useful websites would be great and If anyone wants to join me on my journey

please let me know!

 

Guy
9^th February 2009

Tags: Planet Positive Living, Planet Ziga

Posted on Monday, February 9th, 2009 at 5:13 pm